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Birds of Celebes: Caculidae. 
(here dusky) and tawny- cinnamon take the form of bars of about equal width; tail 
glossed with green and barred narrowly with tawny - cinnamon ; below fawn-colour, 
almost clear of bars along the middle line of the under surface, more tawny and 
barred with dusky on the sides, flanks, under wing- and tail-coverts (Minahassa, 
Aug.— Sept, C 10874, ib. Aug.— Sept 10795; Gt. Sangi 0 1516). Bill light yellow 
horn-colour, blackish at base of upper mandible. 
Nestling about & fortnight old. Like the last-described in all respects, except that the tawny- 
cinnamon bars on the tail-feathers, which are just making their appearance, are about 
as broad as the black ones. In the full-grown tail-feathers of the above specimens 
they are only about 1/4 tlie width of the black bars (Ternate, C 788). 
Two unfledged nestlings taken by the Drs. Sarasin in N. Celebes are covered 
with spines almost comparable to those of a Hedgehog, but from the tip of many 
of them issues a single, long, white hair or fibre, particularly on the nape and shoulders 
(Kema, 21. Aug. 1893; P. & P. Sarasin). 
Eggs. “White, glossy, somewhat hard-shelled, fatty to the touch, in form elliptical: 32—33 x 
23.5 mm” (Hehrkorn MS., 2, collected by Hr. Platen at Eurukan, Minahassa, 
11. May 1886). 
Nest. “Shaped hke an egg, about 10 inches high and 8 inches in diameter. The entrance, 
5 by 4, midway between top and bottom. Composed of elephant -grass and the 
surrounding grasses are bent down and incorporated in the structure. The egg- 
chamber and sides neatly lined with thatch-grass. The walls about 1 inch thick” 
(Oates 1 15). 
Number of eggs 2 or 3; Mr. Inglis in Cachar generally found 6. 
See, also, Bernstein’s admirable description: J. f. 0. 1859, 185. 
Measurements. The female is usually considerably larger than the male. Prof. W. Blasius 
(id 8) records the following: 
Males: length in the flesh 345 — 370; expanse 410 — 455 mm. 
Females; length in the flesh 390 — 430; expanse 505 — 520 (Platen). 
Females 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
g. South Celebes (Platen) 
174 
212 
41 
i. South Celebes (Platen) 
172 
227 
42 
f. South Celebes (Platen) 
180 
239 
43 
h. South Celebes (Platen) 
176 
231 
42 
/t.i) South Celebes (Platen) 
183 
235 
42 
Males 
Wing 
Tail 
Tarsus 
a. South Celebes (Platen) 
154 
209 
39 
b. South Celebes (Platen) 
159 
203 
38 
e. South Celebes (Platen) 
156 
201 
38 
c. South Celebes (Platen) 
158 
207 
39 
d. South Celebes (Platen) 
157 
191 
38 
Hume records the following measurements taken in the flesh (e 5) \ 
Adult males from various localities, from Johore to Suddhya 
(Assam) 
Length 
323 — 330 mm; expanse 404 — 437; wing 133 — 140; tail 171 — 196; tarsus 37 — 39; bill 
from gape 28 — 48; hind toe claw inside 18 — 24. 
The label of this was lost. The letters are those given by Prof. W. Blasius. 
